Community organizations in Western Australia have recently shared their disappointment with the fact that the ban on virtual gambling machines was lifted in the state to allow local punters to place bets on virtual racing machines.
The piece of legislation also included a provision that would allow to offer simulated gambling to their customers. Some community organizations, however, fear that such a step could facilitate the implementation of poker machines, also known as pokies.
The WA Parliament faced accusations from the Western Australian Council of Social Service which has accused it of deliberately voting to boost gambling harm in the local community.
Western Australia has been different from the rest of the Australian states in terms of pokies, as it has been having stricter rules in place to prevent such controversial electronic gaming machines from being operated from any other place than the only casino in the state. But now is an irony that the rest of Australia is trying to reduce gambling by imposing stricter regulation, while Western Australia seems to be doing exactly the opposite.
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